1972

HZ2270 : Cliff rescue, Fair Isle

taken 54 years ago, near to Stonybreck, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Cliff rescue, Fair Isle
Cliff rescue, Fair Isle
At the annual round-up of sheep on Sheep Rock some of the animals would make every effort to escape capture! Sheep had to be put on, and taken off the Rock by hauling them up from or down into waiting yoals on the end of a rope. The last sheep was taken off the Rock in the mid-1980s and since then the steeply sloping 4 acres have been left just for the birds.

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HZ2270, 9 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Dave Wheeler   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 12 May, 1972   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 May, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HZ 221 708 [100m precision]
WGS84: 59:31.3541N 1:36.6705W
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